Violent thunder and lightning flashed continuously.
Menas, who was suffering from the electric shock, whined, but Adam's attention was not focused on it at all.
On the contrary, he was looking at the heterochromatic Menas, which was surrounded by multiple water rings and had spinning balls of light releasing lightning. His eyes were full of surprise that could not be concealed.
And when his eyes moved to Kashiwagi who had regained his composure on the opposite side, Boscodora who was still roaring outside the field, and other Pokémon who were gradually being inspired, his surprise turned into regret.
"I see……"
Adam murmured softly.
Bang! Kill
The electric current released to the extreme instantly evaporates a large amount of water in the pool, and majestic white mist rises with the sound of explosion.
Kashiwagi's voice came again, "Hypnosis!"
"Milo!"
The eyes of the heterochromatic Menas flashed and turned into a brilliant blue light.
Both of them knew that the other party couldn't even defeat the mirror reflection that doubled the damage, and the awakening power of the electric attribute was also impossible.
However, since this guy's previous self-regeneration did not completely heal the injuries inside and outside the body, the accumulated damage from another awakening of electricity would be enough to cause him to have to use self-regeneration again to recover.
Of course. Kill
The main reason why he did not choose hypnosis at the first time was because before giving the order, Kashiwagi suddenly discovered that Adam's Menas woke up the moment the heterochromatic Menas raised his body.
If hypnosis was used, Menas, who was still in full condition at the time, might be able to use the mysterious guard at the same time under Adam's command, causing the hypnosis to be ineffective and wasting a great opportunity.
On the other hand, although the power of the awakened electricity is small, the attack speed is fast enough. In addition, it has the effect of paralyzing the opponent's body when attacking, which effectively prevents the opponent from making small movements.
When the damage reaches full level, Adam's Menas will lose its physical strength and will probably not be able to block the hypnosis so easily.
Even if he is really avoided later by using his experienced experience and special methods, on the premise that the awakened electric shock hits Menas and causes effective damage, his side will not suffer a loss.
Just one word - "stable"!
Buzz! Kill
The blue light turns into ripples and spreads forward. The increase in hit rate caused by the coiling makes the scale of the ripples a lot larger.
But what Kashiwagi didn't expect was that after the hypnotic blue light ripples suddenly opened up part of the white fog, Adam Menus, who was originally located directly in front, mysteriously disappeared.
Missing—no!
He stared at the dark water, his expression changed dramatically, and he shouted: "It's right below you! Use the waterfall to jump up!"
"Mirror!?"
The heterochromatic Menas looked down subconsciously, and a black shadow became clear in its sight.
Bang! Kill
Adam's Menas breaks through the water!
"Tightly tied."
He calmly gave the command aloud, and Menas quickly circled along the body surface of the heterochromatic Menas, tightly squeezing it with its long snake body.
"Milu!"
"Mirror!?"
The heterochromatic Menas groaned and struggled continuously, but the opponent seemed to be suppressing its lifeline. Not only did the hoop tighten and tighten, it could not move. It even felt difficult to breathe, and even the attempt to climb the waterfall was interrupted.
The sudden change made Kashiwagi frown.
He couldn't figure out how Adam's Menas could maintain such quick dodge ability, movement speed and muscle strength after suffering such severe damage.
You must know that Menus of the Different Colors also used Coiling to improve attack and defense, and also learned the binding technique from the Big Steel Snake, so there is no reason for him to lose so quickly.
Adam smiled and said: "Don't underestimate my Menas. The awakening power of the electric attribute alone cannot affect it at all. I am also very confident in it.
"Furthermore, I am more aware of the weaknesses of Pokémon like Menas that are not related to their attributes."
……What's the meaning?
【Seven inches】?
Kashiwagi looked at the different-colored Menas who kept trying to struggle, but his movements were weak, and knew that he had lost to his understanding of Menas.
If you think about it carefully, Adam, as a Menas expert, couldn't possibly be wary of hypnosis. Most likely, he would have given the order quietly when he shouted it out.
He looked at Adam, who was sitting on the chairman's seat. As expected, the middle-aged gentleman's face was filled with a strategic smile.
But no matter what, we must get out of the current predicament.
"Use hypnosis again!"
The body cannot move but the head can move. The tight binding seems to have locked the heterochromatic Menas, but conversely, it has also locked Adam's Menas!
Adam whispered: "Tickle."
The words fell. Executed
Before the eyes of the heterochromatic Menas could light up with the blue light of hypnosis, Adam's Menas took the lead in using its dexterous tail that emitted white light to touch various parts of the former's body.
"Mi~~"
The strong itching sensation immediately caused the heterochromatic Menas to twist its limbs unbearably, but the long snake's body was currently locked tightly, leaving little room for movement, making it extremely uncomfortable.
At this moment, compared with the physical torture, the decrease in attack and defense ability caused by tickling is nothing.
The good news is that the Winning trait is triggered and its special attack increases rapidly.
Kashiwagi saw a glimmer of an opportunity, and spoke out one after another to comfort Menas, asking him to persevere.
Just as he relied on various knowledge and intelligence to crush other trainers in the past, this time Adam also relied on his understanding of Menas to crush him unilaterally.
Fortunately, this battle is neither an important gym challenge nor a gambling battle to decide something important.
Just a teaching session.
He stared closely at the various movements of Menas' tail, wrapping around the various joints of Menas to stop its movements. Although the real teaching had not yet begun, he had already learned a lot from this battle.
Unfortunately, before he could take a few more glances, Adam's order came again.
"Let it go and regenerate itself."
"Milu!"
Upon hearing this, Adam Menus quickly broke away from the tight state and distanced himself from his opponent. At the same time, his body surface lit up with a golden self-healing light.
Over the venue.
The dark clouds slowly dispersed and no longer rained. The rainy day that had lasted for a long time was finally over.
"Cheer up, Menas!"
Kashiwagi shouted loudly to the strange-colored Menas who finally got some breathing room, but still couldn't recover for a while.
The combination of tight binding and tickling may not have caused much actual harm, but it made the latter so exhausted that he could only sit back and watch Adam's Menas recover.
The initiative that was finally grasped fell into the hands of the opponent again.
The heterochromatic Menas was exhausted physically and mentally, and also a little panicked.
It doesn't have a tacit understanding with its trainer like Boss Cordora. It has never had enough combat experience. It will inevitably feel panicked when it encounters difficulties after the first outbreak.
"Don't be afraid! We still have many opportunities!"
Kashiwagi shouted to appease the heterochromatic Menas and did not rush to launch an attack, even though he wanted to interrupt the opponent's self-regeneration.
The water ring continues to heal the latter's injuries and restore its physical strength, so despite the fact that it looked like it was about to lose just now, the heterochromatic Menas is actually in pretty good shape.
At most, the awakened power will be useless, but with the increase in special attack brought by the desire to win, it is not impossible to severely damage the opponent again!
After hearing the trainer's voice, the heterochromatic Menas gradually calmed down.
It feels that it is relatively stupid, so it has basically given up most of its independent behaviors and mainly obeys commands to make various judgments... Whatever the trainer says, that's what it will be punished for.
The two looked at Adam Menas who was replying again, and could see that this guy's state after receiving the awakened power was far from as relaxed as Adam said, otherwise it would not have taken such a long time to recover.
Seeing that the battle seemed to be returning to the original situation, Kashiwagi's eyes narrowed.
"Freeze the water in front of you with a blizzard!"
A do-over is an opportunity!
"Milo!"
The heterochromatic Menas took a deep breath and suddenly spurted forward a roaring wind mixed with snow particles. The waves along the way were instantly frozen into ice cubes, making crisp crackling sounds along the way.
Compared with the previous freezing beam that failed to leave any ice cubes, the blizzard freezing efficiency after the special attack is improved is visible to the naked eye.
certainly.
The landing point this time was also different from the previous time. Kashiwagi, who had gained experience, knew that as long as he focused on freezing the water in the middle section first, it would be enough to hinder the rapid formation of the tidal vortex.
A little worse, and the result will be much worse!
call--
Amidst the howling wind, the blizzard blew towards Menas, where the golden light had still faded away.
"It's a great idea, but it's a pity that I never have more than one unique skill."
Adam smiled and said: "The water flows around."
The voice fell.
A blue water ring emerged from Menas's body, but it was different from the multiple rings of Menas with different colors. It only had one ring - but it was extremely thick!
boom!!
Like the rumble of a flood bursting a bank, the water ring, which can be called a water column, instantly swelled and became thicker again as it collided with the oncoming snowstorm!
Kakaka——
The crisp sound of the continuous freezing was like dozens of bags of potato chips being crushed at the same time. The surface of the water flow ring was hit by the snowstorm and quickly turned into ice crystals. However, as it never stopped growing and expanding, these ice crystals all shattered into pieces. Blocky.
In an instant. Kill
The current ring has already brought ice cubes of all sizes to the front of Menas, and the snowstorm has not been able to block its expansion path at all.
"Milo!"
The heterochromatic Menas' eyes widened, unable to dodge.
Bang!!
The water flow explodes! Ice fragments fly!
The heterochromatic Menas was forced to lean back and sink into the water.
There was a bit of stinging pain from the ice chips on his face, but Kashiwagi didn't notice it. He stared at the gradually dispersing water ring, with a faint surprise in his eyes.
He had seen this unique use of the water ring in the anime before, and even prompted the heterochromatic Menas to learn this technique, but he never got the point and ended up bullying the children.
Far from reaching the level shown by Adam’s Menas——
As a non-attack move, Water Ring broke through the blizzard head-on so easily that I couldn't even imagine it.
There is so much to learn!
Kashiwagi suppressed the joy in his heart and scanned the pool full of ice floes. When he saw a black shadow rushing forward quickly from under the ice in the middle, he immediately shouted: "Awaken the power!"
"Um?"
Adam's eyes fell on his face, and he also saw the heterochromatic Menas who were already close to his own Menas. He chuckled and said, "He is indeed a tough kid. But I have seen what I want to see. That's it. Stop it, tornado."
underwater.
"Milo!"
The heterochromatic Menus rushed towards his opponent with several bright yellow light balls spinning around him, and flashing thunder and lightning jumped towards Adam Menus' lower body!
Bah--
The electric current instantly illuminated the slightly dim underwater bottom, but it did not hit the target as expected by the heterochromatic Menas. They were all blocked by the azure airflow that stirred the water to form a vortex, and the opponent was located in the center of the whirlpool.
Waterspout!?
The heterochromatic Menas stared blankly as his opponent rushed into the sky with the waterspout, hanging high above the pool like Rayquaza flying in the clouds and mist, meandering and overlooking everything.
It hurriedly chased after it, and the moment its head broke through the water, the trainer's shout rang in its ears.
"Hurry and hide in the water and use mirror reflection!"
"Dragon Wave!"
Astonishing energy quickly gathered in the mouth of Adam's Menas. It looked at the heterochromatic Menas with its head exposed and squirted out without mercy!
Roar!!
The azure blue dragon, whose energy boiled to the point of roaring, crashed down, its teeth and claws showing its ferociousness!
The colorful light on the body of the heterochromatic Menas flows, as bright and smooth as glass, and the whole body has completely sunk back into the water.
boom--!!
There was a loud noise and a violent earthquake! Water columns shot into the sky!
The surging dragon energy was like a high-explosive bomb, blowing up most of the pool.
The dome of the venue was hit by the violent water flow, making a crazy rumbling sound, and the scattered water splashed everywhere like a heavy rain, instantly soaking Cypress's barely half-dried clothes.
He had to tell himself that this was the true strength of Adam's Menas.
Combine everything that just happened.
Kashiwagi understood that Adam, the former gym leader who seemed to be semi-retired, was fully qualified for the position of the Four Heavenly Kings of Hoenn, and would even be an outstanding member of the Four Heavenly Kings around the world.
It is a pity that the Alliance did not send him an invitation to succeed the Four Heavenly Kings, so Adam's achievements as a trainer can only be limited to that of a top gym leader.
Strength and achievement are two different things.
This battle could last so long. Adam, who had seen the extreme strength of the heterochromatic Menas with his own eyes, was undoubtedly a little discouraged. He only used all his strength in the end to bring the battle to an end.
Sparse drops of water fell from the ceiling.
In the water that was more than half shallow, the two Menas stood apart from each other and stared at each other.
Immediately.
The heterochromatic Menas shook his head like a drunken man, then slumped down into the water, splashing some water and gasping violently.
The Pokémon cheering on the sidelines showed regretful expressions.
"...I lost the teacher."
Kashiwagi bowed his head and admitted defeat, and took out the elf ball to take back the heterochromatic Menas, "Thank you for your hard work, your performance is great, rest peacefully."
"Um."
Adam walked down the platform with a smile.
His Menas also swam to the edge of the pool and followed him to Kashiwagi who had jumped off the platform.
"You surprised me, Kashiwagi." Zhu
Adam said softly: "Although I have repeatedly raised my evaluation of you, your performance still far exceeded my expectations. To be honest, playing against you really made me very happy."
"but……"
He looked at Kashiwagi who had a doubtful expression on his face, and said with a sigh, "I have to regret that you are already a very mature and excellent trainer."
"Uh...ah?"
Kashiwagi was stunned by him.
How can a good complimentary word sound like a derogatory word?
"You have been a trainer for less than a year, right?" Adam asked softly.
Kashiwagi thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Yes."
"too fast."
The middle-aged gentleman raised his hand to his forehead and said sadly: "It would be great if I could meet you earlier. Now you already have Pokémon that are almost inseparable... I originally wanted to create a new and complete Pokémon for you. container, but during the battle, I discovered that you had such a wonderful container early..."
When Adam said this, he was looking at Boscodora.
Kashiwagi looked at this scene, confused at first, and then his eyes came into contact with the equally confused Boscodora, and he suddenly realized.